Yuletide -- what I received and what I wrote
I received two Yuletide stories this year, both based on the Chapel Hollow books by Nina Kiriki Hoffman -- one my assignment and one treat. There was one other story in the fandom this year, so now there are five whole stories in AO3. I'm very happy to have more of it to read.
Closest to the Truth (1180 words) by Gammarad
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chapel Hollow Series - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Laura Bolte/Tom Renfield (Chapel Hollow)
Characters: Laura Bolte, Tom Renfield, Zandra (Chapel Hollow)
Additional Tags: News Media, Interviews
Summary: It was inevitable that the media would want to interview successful model Laura Bolte.
Growing Up Ilmonishti (1526 words) by fawatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chapel Hollow Series - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Worldbuilding - Character
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Nick and Laura's oldest child grows up in Arcadia.
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For my assignment, I wrote a story based on the four Melendy books. The requestor wanted a story focusing on Mark and Rush, and gave me plenty of room to use my imagination. The story gives them one last adventure before they go off to boarding school (as described in the more obscure Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze).
An Adventure for Two (3357 words) by JanLevine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Melendy Quartet - Elizabeth Enright
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rush Melendy, Mark Herron
Summary: It's the end of summer, and Mark and Rush are on a quest and looking for one last adventure before they have to go off to boarding school.
I only realized that I'd matched with the same requestor of four years ago after I'd written and uploaded my story. That was also a Melendy story -- this new one is my third -- and apparently was unsuccessful, since I never heard anything from her. Since people may have seen me grumping about that in a couple of places, let me publicly say that this time she came through today with a long comment and great enthusiasm, well worth the wait.
I think I'm probably done writing Melendy stories, but I'm very happy with my Yuletide experience, despite my last-minute angst.
Closest to the Truth (1180 words) by Gammarad
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chapel Hollow Series - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Laura Bolte/Tom Renfield (Chapel Hollow)
Characters: Laura Bolte, Tom Renfield, Zandra (Chapel Hollow)
Additional Tags: News Media, Interviews
Summary: It was inevitable that the media would want to interview successful model Laura Bolte.
Growing Up Ilmonishti (1526 words) by fawatson
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Chapel Hollow Series - Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Worldbuilding - Character
Additional Tags: Worldbuilding, Yuletide Treat
Summary: Nick and Laura's oldest child grows up in Arcadia.
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For my assignment, I wrote a story based on the four Melendy books. The requestor wanted a story focusing on Mark and Rush, and gave me plenty of room to use my imagination. The story gives them one last adventure before they go off to boarding school (as described in the more obscure Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze).
An Adventure for Two (3357 words) by JanLevine
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Melendy Quartet - Elizabeth Enright
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rush Melendy, Mark Herron
Summary: It's the end of summer, and Mark and Rush are on a quest and looking for one last adventure before they have to go off to boarding school.
I only realized that I'd matched with the same requestor of four years ago after I'd written and uploaded my story. That was also a Melendy story -- this new one is my third -- and apparently was unsuccessful, since I never heard anything from her. Since people may have seen me grumping about that in a couple of places, let me publicly say that this time she came through today with a long comment and great enthusiasm, well worth the wait.
I think I'm probably done writing Melendy stories, but I'm very happy with my Yuletide experience, despite my last-minute angst.